Category: Costa Calida

We are staying at the Senator Mar Menor and they have given us an apartment for the same price as a room because they had missed the notes we put on the booking form about our 2 labradors – we are not officially allowed to have more than one dog over 15kg in the hotel, … Continue reading Los Alcázares

We left our villa in Mojacar this morning and got on the road to the Mar Menor. The Mar Menor is a salty lagoon in the south-east of the province of Murcia.  The lagoon is separated from the Mediterranean by La Manga, a sandbar 22 km in length and ranging in width from 100m to … Continue reading Mar Menor

We thought this place was lovely.  Quite similar in looks to Mazarron but ever so slightly more polished.  This is the most southerly port of the Costa Calida, Murcia.  It is way off-season but the place is still buzzing, a working town. This town stands on a coastal area of 35 km, under the surveillance … Continue reading Águilas to Calarbardina

We travelled north today up into Murcia and the Costa Calida to visit the Gulf de Mazarron. We started out in La Azohia, which is a tiny and quite sleepy fishing village. A few people were fishing from the small pier and despite the dull weather it was quite quaint.  Very quiet in winter though … Continue reading Gulf de Mazarrón